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by ethbr1 695 days ago
> The opinion does almost nothing to establish what is and is not an official act for the purposes of this new immunity. This has become a hallmark of the Roberts court...

That was the part I found most wise. Given the polarization of the issue, avoiding commiting anything to specific and tossing it back to lower courts seemed a decent middle ground.

If/when it comes back up and the specifics are declared, then I'll decide.

My opinion is that Roberts may be waiting for Thomas to retire, and is trying to tread water by throwing the more staunchly conservatives temporary bones, lest they etch bad precedent into stone.